The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-25
PERSONAL.

THE EMPRESS EUGENE has recovered her
health, and now talks abont a tour in the Holy
Land.
GILLIcK WIoKwIRE is the peculiar name of the
newly appointed postmaster at Colchester,
Conn.
Gov STEVENSON, of Nevada, is reported to
have disposed of his property in California, for
Sl,500,000.
Mrs. MAcKAY presented the new Countess
Cairns, who is a Jewess by birth with diamond
and ruby aigrette brooch.
THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE will winter in F1ori-
da, and pay flying visit to Philadelphia. He is
young, unmarried and has cork leg.
PRINCE BISMARCK has an elder brother who
has been Under Project of Mingard since 1871.
and is about 10 retire, aged seventy
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN pays taxes on prop
erty in Washington which is assessed at S1l2, 000
1t may be noted that the Sherman family origin
ally came from Connecticut.
THE Parisians have at length unveiled a mon.
ument TO Edmond About The inveterate pun
ster, who, of course, does not admire the French
language, says this is About right.
Ex-Ciov AIaER is said to have made from
s., 100000 to $6.000,000 in Michigan pine lands.
When he went to Detroit 70 practice law at the
close of the war he was almost penniless.
THE valuable Stinnecke scholarship at Prince
ton has been awarded to Robert sch OK of
Reading Pa, class OF 1890. The scholarship is
y
BEN BUTLER has not sent in hisb ill yet to the
Chicago Anarchists. Lawyer Tucker wants
$500, and his bill is still unsettled All the
money has been spent giving the martyrs flu
nerals.
SMITH AND KILRArN intend to have themselves
photographed in their present bruised condition
Patent medicine proprietors who are looking
for picture to be entitled Before taking. .
would do we'll to bear this in mind.
SENATOR EvARTs claims that fair weather on
election day, 1884, would have resulted in tri-
nm oh for Mr. Blaine. The man who depends on
sunshine for an election to the Presidency of
the United States is not likely to reign in the
White House.
Ex-AssEMBLyNAN JAMES HAGGERTY who is
dead, at the age Of SO, was one of the wits of
to speak the Assemblymen always listened to
him. Although not eloquent, his speeches were
always pithy and contained some original
phrase or thought. He was eccentric but pop
ular.
THE address delivered by Henry Broadrib Ir
wing before the Contemporary Club, of Phia-
delphia, the other day was secondhand affair
II was substantially the same address delivered
at Oxford some time ago But even a second
hand address on play actors may have contem-
poraneous interest in Philadelphia Contempt
rary Club
Mrss LAURA BR1DGMAN, the blind, deaf and
dumb inmate of the Perkins Institution for the
Blind in Boston, gave a reception Wednesday to
her friends to mark the fiftieth year of her resi-.
dence in that institution, as well as the fifty-
eighth anniversary of her birth. She enjoyed
the music, the addresses of the guests and the
presence of those she knew, after her own
fashion, and expressed her approval of the re-
marks by clapping her hands. Dr. Howe her
teacher, though long since dead. has left behind
him living monument 10 his earnest and
laborious work of educating this afflicted
woman, who it should be said does not consider
anybody friend who calls her unfortunate.
BRAN SToKER, manager for Henry Irving, is
the sort of man who makes friends readily He
Is tall and breezy, with a wonderful fund of
small talk. and good big budget of solid talk
behind it, He has the rare faculty of remem-
bering names Of persons introduced to him, es
pecially If they have kind word to say OF Mr.
Irving, for whom mis- admiration and friendship
are unbounded. When he started for England
after Mr. Irvngs last visit TO America, Mr.
Stoker sent little cards with happy farewell
notes written on them TO each of his numerous
acquaintance. At one time and another Mr.
Stoker has written much newspaper matter He
is an lrishman and enjoyed the advantages of
collegiate education. He WIS what is called an
Inspector of Petty Sessions ia Ireland before
h. went to Eng and and fell IN with Mr. Irving
Among bis other accomplishments il is said that
he can write fine sonnetS.